Ironing-table.



No. 678,403. Patented July l6, 19m.

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IRDNING TABLE.

(Application filed Apr. 18, 1901.)

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GEORGE H. KEOUGI-I, OF DETROIT, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. SUTHERLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,403, dated July 16, 1901.

I Application filed April 13, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. KEOUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Becker and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables.

One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of ironing-tables and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which will be adapted to be readily applied to the edge of a table for supporting it in operative position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ironing-table of this character adapted to be compactly folded when not in use;

enable the ironing-table to support a bosoman upright position'when not in use, so that the bosom-board may be readily brought into position for use and at the same time 'will not lie across the table when out of useand interfere with the use of the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-table constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating the construction of the rear portion of the ironing-board. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of hinging the bosom-board to the ironing-board.

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1 designates an ironing-board provided at its rear end with a longitudinal slot 2, through which projects the upper portion of a leg 3, and the latter is pivoted between its ends by a transverse pin at or other suitable fastening device between a pair ofblocks 5, secured to the lower face of the ironing-board at op- Serisl No. 55,715. (No model.)

posite sides of the longitudinal slot 2 and extending longitudinally of the ironing-board. The upper end 6 of the leg is located above the plane of the rear end of the ironing-board when it is in engagement with a table 7, as illustratedin Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and itis recessed at its lower edge to receive the edge of the table and to provide a shoulder 8 for abutting against the same. The rear end of the ironing-board extends beneath the top of the table, and the weight of the front portion of the ironing-board and the pressure upon the same cause the edge of the table to be firmlygripped, and there is no liability of the ironing-table becoming accidentally disengaged from the table 7. The leg is provided at its lower end with a transverse block 9, forming a broad base and adapted to prevent the leg from twisting or turning. When the leg is disengaged from the edge of the table 7, it is adapted to fold against the lower face of the ironing-board, as will be clearly apparent.

The ironing-board is provided at its upper face with cleats 10 and 11, located at its rear end, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The cleat 10 extends entirely across the ironing-board, and the cleats 11 are located at opposite sides of the longitudinal slot 2 and have hinged to them abosom-board 12. The bosom-board, which is supported by the said cleats whenit is arranged in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, has its rear end bifurcated, and the slot or opening 13 receives the rear end of the leg when the ironing-table is in use. The rear port-ion of the bosom-board straddles the upper end of the leg when the ironing-board is in use, and the said bosom-board is adapted rear edges of the bosom-board are beveled,and the hinges let are secured to the beveled edges of the bosom-board and to the cleats 11 at the rear edges thereof. The bosom-board is 'arranged upon the cleats while the ironing-table is being applied to the edge of the table 7 or to any other suitable support, and it is then swung upward to the position shown in Fig. 2. It may then be instantly brought into position for use and is supported above the ironing-board by the said cleats.

It will be seen that the ironing-table is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is light, strong, and durable, and that it may be readily applied to a table and can be compactly folded when notin use. It will also be apparent that the bosom-board when not in use is supported in an upright position, so that it will not interfere with the use of the table 7 or the ironing-table.

hat I claim is- 1. An ironing-table comprising an ironingboard provided at its rear end with an opening, a leg pivotally connected with the ironing-board and arranged to extend through the opening, and a bosom-board hingedly connected with the ironing-board at a point be low the upper end of the leg and arranged to swing upward against the same and be supported in an upright position by the upper end of the leg when the ironing-table is in use, substantially as described.

2. An ironing-table comprising an ironingboard provided at its rear end with a longitudinal slot, the leg pivotally connected with the ironing-board at the bottom thereof and arranged to extend through the slot and provided at its lower end with a block, the cleat 10 extending entirely across the board, the cleats 11, located at opposite sides of the slot, and the slotted bosom-board hinged to the cleats 11 and arranged to be supported in an upright position by the'leg, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, GEORGE H. KEOUGII.

\Vitnesses:

TIIEO. II. BEAULIEU, A. A. LEDELoW. 

